CN102542632A - On-board information system with antenna for receiving satellite-based geo-position data - Google Patents

On-board information system with antenna for receiving satellite-based geo-position data Download PDF

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CN102542632A
CN102542632A CN2011104306135A CN201110430613A CN102542632A CN 102542632 A CN102542632 A CN 102542632A CN 2011104306135 A CN2011104306135 A CN 2011104306135A CN 201110430613 A CN201110430613 A CN 201110430613A CN 102542632 A CN102542632 A CN 102542632A
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Abstract

An onboard information system having an antenna (2) for receiving satellite-based geoposition data. The onboard information system includes a housing (1) that can be installed in a vehicle interior and a module for processing satellite-based geoposition data. The antenna (2) for receiving satellite-based geoposition data is arranged on the housing (1) such that in the installed state a reception direction of the antenna (2) points toward the vehicle interior. The onboard information system can be used particularly in a vehicle as a tachograph, preferably as a digital tachograph, and/or toll collection appliance.

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Inter-vehicle information system with antenna of the geographic position data that is used to receive satellite
Technical field
The present invention relates to a kind of inter-vehicle information system, it has the antenna that is used to receive satellite-based geographic position data.
Background technology
Inter-vehicle information system, particularly Tachographs, expenses of taxation registering instrument or the so-called general vehicle unit (Universal Onboard Units) that the function of Tachographs and expenses of taxation registering instrument makes up must be satisfied increasingly high technical requirement.Especially, can realize the position of vehicle, for example load-carrying vehicle is followed the tracks of through system of geographic location, this provides a plurality of new application possibilities, for example is used for the record expenses of taxation, navigation or the detection goods relevant with security when transportation.
By prior art this device of cicada.Publication EP 1 328 041 A1 for example disclose a kind of receiver in the expenses of taxation counter, that be used for the data of GPS (GPS) that is arranged in.Yet disadvantageous in known systems so far is that although be used for the housing that the receiver module of geographic position data can be integrated in expenses of taxation register system, affiliated antenna still is installed on another position of vehicle beyond housing.Since the signal of geographic position satellite with respect to radio signal very a little less than, therefore need be installed near the glass or pilothouse outside.Therefore, radio signal according to GSM standard have 3dB and-signal intensity between the 6dB, and the signal of the geographic position satellite on the earth surface has the signal intensity from-140dB to-160dB.Because geographic location signal is faint, even often is installed on the lateral surface of vehicle, therefore need antenna to arrive the direct visual field of the satellite of emission.This is disadvantageous especially because at this except antenna is fixed, also must and be installed in and form additional wired or wireless connection between the receiver module in the housing of inter-vehicle information system at antenna.
Summary of the invention
Therefore the objective of the invention is to, improve a kind of inter-vehicle information system with the antenna that is used to receive satellite-based geographic position data, it has avoided above-mentioned shortcoming.
This purpose realizes through a kind of inter-vehicle information system with the described characteristic of independent claims according to the present invention.Utilize the characteristic of dependent claims to draw favourable embodiment of the present invention and improvement project.
Inter-vehicle information system according to the present invention is designed at least one parameter relevant with vehicle of record; This inter-vehicle information system comprises housing that can be installed in the vehicle drive chamber interior and the module that is used to handle satellite-based geographic position data; Wherein, The antenna that is used to receive satellite-based geographic position data is arranged in the housing of inter-vehicle information system like this, and promptly in installment state, receive direction points to the vehicle drive chamber interior.
Therefore the housing of inter-vehicle information system comprises the module that is used to handle the geographic location signal that receives, and constitutes a compactness and easy-to-install unit.Also as being integrated for receiving the mode of required parts with compactness, wherein in order to receive the geographic location signal that only has less signal intensity better, the receive direction of antenna points to the vehicle drive chamber interior to antenna.In addition, receive direction possibly point to cluster engine or another assembly with conductive component of vehicle, possibly make thus to receive the difficulty that becomes.
With respect to by the known inter-vehicle information system of prior art; The advantage that solution according to the present invention has is; With all being integrated in the housing for receiving the required assembly of satellite-based geographic position data; Thereby can the unit that form so simply and promptly be carried out installation and removal in vehicle, and the antenna that wherein is used to receive satellite-based geographic position data needn't be positioned at another position of vehicle more individually.
Can propose in an advantageous manner, housing has the covering plate of a side that only hides housing, and its middle shell has at least one and is used at the hard-wired fixture of vehicle drive chamber interior in the zone at covering plate rear.Can therefore housing be fixedly mounted in the vehicle drive chamber interior through fixture, wherein the user of inter-vehicle information system can touch side housing, that covering plate is installed on it, and the vehicle drive chamber interior can be pointed in this side.Therefore covering plate is protected housing to avoid the damage of machinery and has been improved the aesthetic property of housing.
In a favourable improvement project, antenna can be designed as paster antenna, and this can make antenna be arranged on the housing with being made with low costly and save the space.Can very well for example raise the perfect square tropism, be the preferred receive direction of antenna through paster antenna in addition in direction towards the vehicle drive chamber interior.
With particularly advantageous mode, the reception body of antenna can medially be placed on the ground plane of antenna.Big as far as possible and be preferably equably around receive ground plane that body distributes can to antenna, particularly the power of paster antenna produces favorable influence, thereby also can receive faint geographic location signal through this layout.
Can propose in addition, the ground plane of antenna advantageously comprises the circuit board that is coated, and wherein preferably utilizes copper to apply.Realized saving space and also conductive circuit board through circuit board is applied, it can be installed on the housing of inter-vehicle information system simply.
With particularly advantageous mode, the antenna that is used for receiving geographic position data can be installed in parts housing, that stretch into the vehicle drive chamber interior.The drawer that can extract out is provided for this reason especially.Even when direct receiving satellite signal; Also can through be installed in housing, stretch into the receptivity of improving antenna on the parts in the vehicle drive chamber interior; This is because antenna has occupied the position that exposes thus; This antenna is similar to the antenna that is not installed on the housing, and has increased to the distance of the conductive component of housing.
Another favourable improvement project proposes, and housing can be installed in the well columnar structure that has corresponding to the size of ISO 7736 standards.Housing is corresponding to being used for being installed in the control desk of vehicle, the standard size in the radio reception rack for example thus.The housing of inter-vehicle information system therefore can be simply and no problem ground be loaded in the model of different manufacturers and from model, take apart.
In an advantageous manner, the conductive component of housing can be installed on the side of the receive direction that deviates from antenna of antenna.Therefore got rid of the situation that parts that antenna conducted electricity hide and are unfavorable for thus receiving.
With particularly advantageous mode, inter-vehicle information system can comprise: the wireless aerial that is used to receive radio signals; And radio module.Thus, utilization can be carried out the mode of exchanges data through radio, has also further improved the variability of inter-vehicle information system.
In a favourable improvement project, propose, the spacing between the conductive member of the housing of inter-vehicle information system and the radiating surface of wireless aerial can be wireless aerial overall height at least 50%.In a particularly advantageous improvement project, the radiating surface of wireless aerial and the spacing between the conductive member be wireless aerial overall height at least 100%.What at least 50% spacing of the overall height through wireless aerial was guaranteed is; Wireless aerial still can be installed together with housing compactly; This is because kept less size, but also and between conductive member housing, that the power of wireless aerial had negative effect has formed enough spacings.
In a favourable improvement project, propose, wireless aerial and the antenna that is used to receive satellite-based geographic position data are installed in the side respect to one another of housing.Therefore wireless aerial does not influence the reception of the antenna that is used to receive satellite-based geographic position data; This is that form and two unit are mounted above that because housing always is of compact construction, and the spacing between the antenna of two types is maximum.With wireless aerial during with the Antenna Positioning that is used to receive satellite-based geographic position data also just same situation about getting rid of be that wireless aerial disturbs or even stops the reception of another antenna fully.
With particularly advantageous mode; The inter-vehicle information system that can in vehicle, will have an above-mentioned characteristic wherein relates to the general vehicle unit as Tachographs, in particular as digital Tachographs and also or as expenses of taxation registering instrument when the characteristic with Tachographs and expenses of taxation registering instrument makes up.Make these instruments obtain technical expansion thus.Tachographs or expenses of taxation registering instrument can have processor, storage unit and data bus for this reason.Data bus receives the signal that is provided by one or more sensors.Sensor for example can be placed in the cluster engine or be placed on the axle of vehicle, and for example measures the revolution of axle.The data that received by data bus are through processor processes and be stored in the storage unit.Can read these data and copy on the outside storage unit or on the display unit at inter-vehicle information system at this and be presented.The module that is used to handle satellite-based geographic position data directly is connected with the internal bus of processor with radio module, thereby can directly handle the data that receive at this.The parameter relevant with vehicle that is write down through Tachographs or expenses of taxation register system can for example be speed, actual coordinate or temperature.
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Shown in the drawings according to embodiments of the invention and at length be explained to 7 according to accompanying drawing 1 below.Shown in the figure:
Fig. 1 is the front perspective view of the housing of inter-vehicle information system, and this housing has antenna,
Fig. 2 is the view corresponding to Fig. 1 of the housing of inter-vehicle information system, and wherein antenna has cover plate,
Fig. 3 is the view corresponding to Fig. 2 of the housing of inter-vehicle information system, and the antenna that wherein has cover plate is installed on the drawer of extraction,
Fig. 4 is the front exploded view with drawer of antenna and cover plate,
Fig. 5 is the back side exploded view with drawer of antenna and cover plate,
Fig. 6 is the back perspective view of the housing of inter-vehicle information system, and this inter-vehicle information system has groove,
Fig. 7 is the wireless aerial that is used for being integrated in inter-vehicle information system,
Fig. 8 is the view corresponding to Fig. 6 of the housing of inter-vehicle information system, and this inter-vehicle information system has integrated wireless aerial,
Fig. 9 is the cross section of passing housing that is parallel to the back side of inter-vehicle information system, this inter-vehicle information system have integrated wireless aerial and
Figure 10 is the view corresponding to Fig. 6 of the housing of inter-vehicle information system, the cover plate that this inter-vehicle information system has integrated wireless aerial and is used for wireless aerial.
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Housing 1 according to inter-vehicle information system of the present invention has been shown in front elevation in Fig. 1, promptly shown positive 31 of housing 1 after installation towards the vehicle drive chamber interior, promptly user, for example driver can touch.Inter-vehicle information system is digital Tachographs under situation about illustrating, and it can certainly be designed to conventional Tachographs, expenses of taxation registering instrument or be designed to the general vehicle unit, perhaps comprises such instrument.
Select the size of housing 1 corresponding to ISO 7736 or DIN 75490, thereby also can be installed in the well columnar structure of the various ways of making by different manufacturers, in the radio framework in the instrument panel of for example vehicle no problem.Housing 1 is mainly processed by conductive material, under present case, is made of metal.Replacedly, housing 1 also can be processed by non electrically conductive material.Housing height 33 is 50mm in the illustrated embodiment.
In order to realize visual attractive in appearance and protection housing 1, covering plate 32 is positioned on the front 31 of housing 1.Covering plate 32 is processed by insulating material.Display element 28 is installed on the front in addition, and this display element is used to show one or more parameters relevant with vehicle that write down.Covering plate 32 has corresponding grooves for this reason.The parameter relevant with vehicle for example can be the total path of speed, actual coordinate, temperature or the process of vehicle, can certainly be the running time and the rest time of vehicle.At this unshowned executive component; Or the socket that is used to hold the different plugs that for example are used for external memory unit also can be placed in the front 31 of housing 1; This executive component is used to adjust different parameters, for example is used to change the data recording between first and second drivers.
The antenna 2 that is used to receive satellite-based geographic position data is arranged in positive 31.In the illustrated embodiment, antenna 2 comprises reception body 3 and ground plane 4, wherein receives body 3 and medially is placed on the ground plane 4.Ground plane 4 through bolt-, bonding-as or to clamp and to be mounted on the housing 1.Antenna 2 is the paster antennas with ceramic matrix, and ground plane 4 is formed by the circuit board that utilizes copper to apply.Replace paster antenna, also can use the antenna of other version.Ground plane 4 also can be processed by uncoated conductive material, and has the groove that for example is used for like the executive component of drawer unlock piece.
Receive body 3 and be disposed such, promptly the receive direction of antenna 2 points to vehicle cab inside in installment state, and the conductive component of housing 1 is in reverse to this receive direction layout of antenna 2.In order to receive better, antenna 2 can have directivity, promptly is suitable for especially well in one direction receiving.Can produce directivity through the metal level as reflecting body at this, this metal level is positioned at and receives after the body 3.The geographic position data that is received by antenna 2 is forwarded to the module that is used to handle geographic position data, this module this certainly also and the connection between antenna 2 and module such, owing to the reason of the position of these parts in housing 1 inside is not illustrated.
In the embodiment show in figure 1, antenna 2 is not covered, and the size that reception body 3 has is approximately corresponding to a half-wavelength of waiting to receive signal.Receive body 3 and have square outside surface, and be designed for reception right-hand polarization signal.Replacedly, receive body 3 and also can be designed for the polarized wave that receives linearity, wherein outside surface is designed to rectangle in the case, and the length of a side of rectangle is the twice of another side.Antenna 2 can support in the standard of navigational system of satellite any to receive geographic position data according to GPS standard and/or other, and these navigational system for example are Galileo, GLONASS, COMPASS, IRNSS or QZSS.
Ground plane 4 has big as far as possible area and settles around receiving body 3 equably.The surface and the ground plane 4 that receive the sensing vehicle drive chamber interior of body 3 are arranged parallel to each other.Ground plane 4 has groove, and it is used for for example through the mode of screwing, riveting or clamping antenna 2 being connected with housing 1.Interchangeable with respect to the method for mentioning is that ground plane 4 also can be connected with housing 1 through bonding connection.The area that complete antenna 2 has hidden housing 1 front 31 1/3rd to half the, so that can receive geographic location signal as well as possiblely.
In the embodiment shown in Fig. 1, cover plate 19 is installed on the end face 23 of lateral surface 7, and this cover plate should protect the parts of below to prevent physical damage, and is formed on the connection that flushes on the lateral surface 7 of housing 1 through its shape.Cover plate 19 by insulation, promptly not or only the material of faint conduction is processed, be made of plastics in the present circumstance.Remaining housing 1 also can be protected to prevent mechanical damage through top cover.In addition, top cover 19 also can be installed in housing 1 on this unshowned bottom surface.
In addition, other member, the particularly processor of Tachographs or programmable micro controller, storage unit and data bus also be arranged in the inside of housing 1 and at this not shown in Fig. 1.Data bus receives data from sensor, and sensor is installed on the diverse location of vehicle, for example is mounted in the clock signal generator on the axle.These data are handled and are stored in the storage unit through processor.The data of storage can provide on display element 28, perhaps can be transferred on the outside storer.The module that is used to handle geographic position data directly is connected with the bus of processor, thereby through this module the data of handling is offered direct continuation treating apparatus.
In following accompanying drawing, components identical has identical reference number respectively.Fig. 2 shows the view corresponding to Fig. 1 of inter-vehicle information system, and antenna 2 is protected to prevent mechanical damage through antenna cover 5 now certainly.Antenna cover 5 is made of plastics in the present circumstance, and seals with remaining housing 1 with flushing equally by insulating material, promptly not or only the material of faint conduction is processed, and perhaps also can be the part of covering plate 32.In the illustrated embodiment, the shape of antenna cover 5 imitation antennas 2, promptly antenna cover 5 stretches in the vehicle drive chamber interior on the position that receives body 3.Replacedly, antenna cover 5 also can have the flat front surface of not protruding or not caving in.Antenna cover 5 has hidden the entire area of antenna 2, also has the groove that is used for executive component certainly.Antenna cover 5 sticks on the antenna 2 in the illustrated embodiment, can certainly connect, clamp through stop or screw fixed thereon.Cover plate 5 and antenna 2 plane earth each other contact, and can certainly use cover plate, and this cover plate has the gap with respect to antenna 2 or its single parts, its therefore for example only with receive body 3 and be connected.
In Fig. 3, show inter-vehicle information system corresponding to Fig. 2, the antenna 2 that is also hidden by antenna cover 5 in the figure is fixed on the drawer 6 that can from housing 1, extract out certainly.Drawer 6 for example can be the printer drawer, has inserted the paper roll of the data relevant with vehicle that are used for print record therein, and for example can this printer drawer be extracted out in order to change paper roll.The advantage on the lateral surface of vehicle drive chamber interior that antenna 2 is installed in drawer 6 is; Antenna 2 further stretches in the vehicle drive chamber interior in the extraction state of drawer 6; Therefore can receive signal better; And have the bigger spacing with respect to the conductive component of housing 1 simultaneously, this helps receiving equally.This is favourable; Because receiving satellite signal indirectly usually in the vehicle drive chamber interior; Be signal at first through just arriving in the vehicle drive chamber interior behind the element of attenuated signal power, the for example glass, its signal intensity is lower than the intensity of direct signal once more.This external signal be received before and before this impairs signal intensity, under the various situation in the vehicle drive chamber interior reflected signal.
In Fig. 4, in exploded view, show detailed structure at the drawer shown in Fig. 36 with front elevation.Drawer 6 comprises drawer core 11, on the drawer core, has fixed other all elements and this drawer core can sink in the housing 1.Under the situation as the printer drawer, paper roll is placed in the drawer core 11.Drawer core 11 can be processed by material conduction or insulation.Hold plate 9 on the side of vehicle drive chamber interior, having fixed of drawer core 11, this can be through screwing, clamp or pasting and realize.Hold plate 9 and processed by insulating material and have the groove at this unshowned amplifier that is used for holding just antenna 2, this amplifier is installed on the back side of ground plane 4.Fixed antenna 2 on the plate 9 holding, this can be once more through screwing, clamp or pasting and realize.In the illustrated embodiment, owing to comprised the groove that is used for screw in the plate 9 with holding, therefore realize antenna 2 directly is fixed on the drawer core 11 through at least one screw 30 at ground plane 4.Antenna 2 is hidden by cover plate 5.Antenna 2 through antenna cable 8, current for concentric cable be positioned at inner being used to of housing 1 and handle the module of satellite-based geographic position data and be connected.Antenna 2, the same plane of positive basic sensing that holds plate 9 and drawer core 11, so antenna 2 has hidden the face of the sensing vehicle drive chamber interior of drawer 6.
Antenna cable 8 is connected with antenna on the side that deviates from the vehicle drive chamber interior of antenna 2, and imports the inside of housing 1 through the drawer core sleeve of holding sleeve-board pipe 10 and drawer core 11 12 of holding plate 9.The length of antenna cable 8 is set like this, promptly can open drawer 6, and antenna cable 8 is not tightened simultaneously.Hold sleeve-board pipe 10 and be designed to slotted hole, and the width that has wherein can be simplified the assembling of antenna cable 8 through being designed to slotted hole slightly greater than the diameter of the antenna cable that runs through 8 with drawer core sleeve 12.Hold sleeve-board pipe 10 and drawer core sleeve 12 and be positioned on the identical position holding on plate 9 and the drawer core 11, but also can different positions be set for these two parts.
In Fig. 5, show drawer 6 corresponding to Fig. 4, current naturally is to illustrate with the rear view form.On the back side of antenna 2, arranged amplifier 29, it will be amplified by the signal that sightless reception body 3 in this accompanying drawing receives, and transmits through the antenna cable 8 that is fixed on the amplifier 29.Amplifier 29 is being positioned at reception body 3 on the position that belongs on the front of antenna 2 on the back side of antenna 2, yet this amplifier 29 also can be positioned on other position.
Fig. 6 has illustrated the housing 1 according to inter-vehicle information system of the present invention in perspective back view, promptly the side that illustrates of housing 1 is left the vehicle drive chamber interior or is mounted the framework covering at installation back.Housing 1 has the breach 13 on the end face 23 of lateral surface 7.This breach 13 is hidden by cover plate 19 in Fig. 1.Therefore this breach 13 is used to hold wireless aerial, and it is installed on the side with respect to antenna 2 of housing 1, two antennas and non-interference.Should receive obviously more weak signal owing to be used to receive the antenna 2 of satellite-based geographic position data, so it must be installed on the position of exposure of housing, and have the spacing big as far as possible with respect to wireless aerial.Wireless aerial receives and the signal of emission has obviously stronger signal intensity, and therefore can disturb or interrupt fully the reception of antenna 2.
In the zone of breach 13, housing 1 has continuous surface, and it is connected with housing 1 integratedly.Breach 13 has the supporting surface 27 that the end face 23 that is parallel to housing 1 is arranged, this supporting surface is used for the base of wireless aerial, and this antenna is connected through the side of cutting sth. askew and the end face 23 of housing 1.Breach 13 has the arris of cutting sth. askew, so that guarantee the enough spacings between wireless aerial and housing 1 on the one hand.On the other hand, can also be provided for installing other the module or the position of assembly in the inside of housing 1 through the arris of cutting sth. askew.Extend with 45 ° angle in the illustrated embodiment the side, and other angle also is possible certainly, preferably in the zone between 30 ° and 60 °.Under situation about illustrating, breach 13 is positioned at the edge of housing 1, and breach 13 also can be positioned at the central authorities of housing 1 naturally.Breach 13 also can be square, and the side of promptly not cutting sth. askew perhaps replacedly also can have the side of cutting sth. askew at least one side, and has the side at right angle at opposite side at least.The present invention comprises that also wherein wireless aerial is placed in the recess of formation in the case as the independent section of hole shape on the housing 1 of breach 13.
Inter-vehicle information system also is included in unshowned radio module among Fig. 6, and this is because it is positioned at the inside of housing 1 and is hidden by housing.Radio module bus direct and processor or programmable micro controller as the module that is used to handle satellite-based geographic position data is connected, thereby through radio module the data of handling is offered the direct continuation treating apparatus in the processor.Breach 13 is formed on the end face 23 of housing 1, can be located at equally certainly among Fig. 6 on the sightless bottom surface.The surface design of breach 13 is a sealing surface, and wherein the supporting surface 27 of wireless aerial has the size identical with the base of wireless aerial, and this size also can be greater than antenna base.Wireless aerial is placed in when back being installed on the side of vehicle cab; So that can realize with respect to be installed in the big as far as possible spacing of the antenna 2 on positive 31; And on positive 31, display element and control element can be installed; Yet the breach 13 that is used for wireless aerial can be positioned at the optional position of housing 1, that is to say also can be positioned on the side of vehicle drive chamber interior.
Breach 13 comprises housing sleeve pipe 24, can the wireless aerial that be placed in the breach 13 be connected with the assembly that is integrated in housing 1 inside through this housing sleeve pipe.Breach 13 also has the accommodation section 25 that at least one is used to connect the cover plate 19 on the breach 13 in addition.In the embodiment shown in Fig. 6, comprise a plurality of accommodation sections 25 in order to fix better.Accommodation section 25 is designed for the stop pin that holds cover plate 19 under situation about illustrating, can certainly be provided for cover plate 19 is connected with the bolt that housing 1 is fixed together.These accommodation sections 25 have the spacing of maximum 50mm, and to avoid long arris, this is because these arris are used as antenna, and therefore can disturb the reception of wireless aerial 17.
Housing 1 has at least one bolt 26 as being used at the hard-wired fixture of vehicle drive chamber interior; It for example is fixed on housing 1 on the stationary installation of vehicle drive chamber interior through screw bolt and nut is screwed in together, or the electrical component that is used for being positioned at other vehicle drive chamber interior contacts.Bolt 26 is installed in covering plate 32 rears in the illustrated embodiment on the zone of housing 1.
The embodiment of wireless aerial 17 has been shown in Fig. 7.Wireless aerial 17 is designed to the PIFA antenna under the situation shown in Fig. 7, promptly is designed to " Planar Inverted F-Shaped Antenna " (planar inverted F-shape antenna).At this, radiating surface 14 is electrically connected with base 18 through the web member 22 as short-circuit conductors.Radiating surface 14 and base 18 parallel layouts provide overall height 16 as the end face of radiating surface 14 and the spacing between this sightless bottom surface of base 18.Wireless aerial 17 is processed by conductive material, particularly metal.The wireless aerial that can be installed in the breach 13 can certainly be realized with other version, for example as paster antenna.
Wireless aerial 17 comprises as supply line or is used for maybe can being placed in the cable 20 that other module of housing 1 is connected with radio module, under present case, is concentric cable, and it is through 21 guiding of the groove in the base 18 that is included in wireless aerial 17.Cable 20 can be with wireless aerial 17 welding, be tightened in together or clamp and above that, particularly be clipped on web member 22 or the radiating surface 14.
On the surface of breach 13, comprise the housing sleeve pipe 24 that is used for cable 20 corresponding to groove 21.Groove 21 can certainly be the groove on the edge of base 18 as being the hole on the base 18 under the situation about illustrating.Groove 21 only slightly greater than the diameter of cable 20, and is less than or equal to the diameter of housing sleeve pipe 24 at its diametrically.If the diameter of sleeve pipe 14 greater than the diameter of groove 11, then for example can insert aerial plug towards an end of cable 20.Can improve the power of wireless aerial 17 through this version, and cable 20 almost completely is full of only bigger groove 21, and therefore power is not had negative effect, this is because base 8 has hidden the part of not filled by cable 10 on the surface of groove 14.Can improve the power of wireless aerial 2 through this version, and cable 10 almost completely is full of only bigger groove 11, and therefore power is not had negative effect.
Wireless aerial 17 is suitable for receiving different radio signals, for example according to the signal of GSM, GPRS, UMTS, CDMA, LTE or other standard.The size of wireless aerial 17 is less than or equal to the size of breach 13.Therefore guarantee that thus wireless aerial 17 does not stretch out housing 1 and can realize more simply it is installed in the vehicle drive chamber interior.
In Fig. 8, will on the lateral surface 7 of the housing 1 of the inter-vehicle information system shown in Fig. 6, be installed in the breach 13 at the wireless aerial shown in Fig. 7 17.The base 18 of wireless aerial 17 is connected at the lateral surface 7 of this plane earth and housing 1, thereby has guaranteed as the ground connection connection between (lateral surface 7 of the conduction through housing 1 obtains) ground plane of the base 18 of the ground plane of wireless aerial 17 and housing 1.Cable 20 imports housing 1 inside through groove 21 and housing sleeve pipe 24.Can connect or the bonding connection that realizes wireless aerial 17 through riveted joint, welding, bolt.The size of wireless aerial 17 is less than or equal to the size of breach 13.Therefore also can housing 1 be packed into together with integrated wireless aerial 17 and have in the well columnar structure according to the size of ISO 7736 or DIN 75490.
The end face of radiating surface 14 is positioned on the height that equates with the end face of housing 1 23 or a little less than end face 23.The radiating surface 14 of wireless aerial 17 and the end face of breach 13 are installed at a distance of spacing 15 ground.Spacing 15 under situation about illustrating approximately be wireless aerial 17 overall height 16 100%, thereby do not hinder radiation and make radiation equal and opposite in direction on the vertical face of radiating surface 14 and plane of structure.Yet spacing 15 should be at least wireless aerial 17 overall height 16 50% so that the power-performance of not appreciable impact wireless aerial 17.Yet spacing 15 needn't be identical on whole sides, as long as be no more than the minimum spacing of mentioning respectively.Therefore aspect other inner module of housing 1 integrated, realized higher variability.
Base 18 utilizes its plane to hide the housing sleeve pipe 24 in housing 1, thereby the power that makes wireless aerial 17 is owing to the diameter of housing sleeve pipe 24 diameter greater than groove 21 reduces.
In the another kind of form of breach 13, when for example being section of housing 1 also importantly, the radiating surface 14 of wireless aerial 17 on the one hand and the size that is no more than housing 1 stretch out can simply install so that guarantee; Also have but then with respect to the enough spacing 15 of the conductive component of housing 1 and as far as possible near the location of the lateral surface 7 of housing 1.Therefore the corresponding good emitting performance and the receptivity of wireless aerial 17 have been realized with the make of compactness.This prerequisite should irrespectively realize with the version of wireless aerial 17, promptly for example under the situation of using paster antenna its radiating surface 14 must have equally to the spacing 15 of the conductive component of housing 1, and can and housing 1 seal with flushing.
The cross section of passing housing 1 at the back side that is parallel to housing 1 has been shown in Fig. 9.Cable 20 is connected and is imported into through the groove 21 in the base 18 of wireless aerial 17 and through housing sleeve pipe 24 inside of housing 1 with wireless aerial 17.Breach 13 has the side of cutting sth. askew, so that guarantee the spacing 15 between radiating surface 14 and housing 1, this spacing is as 100% of the overall height 16 that is approximately wireless aerial 17 explanatorily.The base 18 of wireless aerial 17 is fixed on the surface of breach 13 with flushing.The supporting surface on breach 13 of the size of base 18 and base 18 has the size that equates basically.Can need to realize excellent contact under the less situation in the position thus.
Additionally, wireless aerial 17 prevents physical damage through cover plate 19.Cover plate 19 has stop pin, and it inserts in the accommodation section 25 and locks wherein.Can form reliable connection thus, wherein also can simply cover plate 19 be got loose.Replacedly, also can propose through bolt, magnetic connect, bonding, riveted joint or other connect mechanical mechanism cover plate 19 fixed.
Cover plate 9 contacts the radiating surface 14 of wireless aerial 17 in the illustrated embodiment, can certainly consider between two parts, to allow the gap.Cover plate 19 leads along end face 23 continuation of housing 1 with flushing, thereby forms smooth surface, but cover plate 19 also can be positioned at the below of the end face 23 of housing 1, thereby between cover plate 19 and end face 23, forms ladder or inclined-plane.Draw basic be housing 1 square, that have cover plate 19, the installation and removal simply of this housing thus.
In Figure 10, show the housing 1 of inter-vehicle information system by the skeleton view identical with Fig. 6.Figure 10 wherein shows rear view corresponding to Fig. 1.Wireless aerial 17 is hidden in the below of cover plate 19 now.Cover plate 19 is connected housing 1 in shape with flushing, thereby makes together with cover plate 19, and size also is suitable for packing in the well columnar structure according to ISO 7736 or DIN 75490.In the time of in the well columnar structure of the instrument panel of the vehicle of packing into; Should be at least 20mm at the wireless aerial 17 and the spacing that can hide between other conductive component of the other instrument of packing into (for example radio) of wireless aerial 17, so that can receive and launch enough strong signal.

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1. inter-vehicle information system that is used to write down at least one parameter relevant with vehicle; Said inter-vehicle information system comprises housing (1) that can be installed in the vehicle drive chamber interior and the module that is used to handle satellite-based geographic position data; It is characterized in that; The antenna (2) that is used to receive satellite-based geographic position data is arranged in said housing (1) like this, and promptly in installment state, receive direction points to said vehicle drive chamber interior.
2. inter-vehicle information system according to claim 1; It is characterized in that; Said housing (1) has the covering plate (32) of a side that only hides said housing (1), and wherein said housing (1) has at least one and is used at the hard-wired fixture of said vehicle drive chamber interior in the zone at said covering plate rear.
3. according to claim 1 or the described inter-vehicle information system of claim 2, it is characterized in that said antenna (2) is a paster antenna.
4. according to each described inter-vehicle information system in the aforementioned claim, it is characterized in that the reception body (3) of said antenna (2) medially is placed on the ground plane (4) of said antenna (2).
5. according to each described inter-vehicle information system in the aforementioned claim, it is characterized in that the said ground plane (4) of said antenna (2) comprises the circuit board that preferably utilizes copper to apply.
6. according to each described inter-vehicle information system in the aforementioned claim, it is characterized in that, said antenna (2) be installed in said housing (1), stretch on the parts in the said vehicle drive chamber interior, be preferably mounted on the drawer (6).
7. according to each described inter-vehicle information system in the aforementioned claim, it is characterized in that said housing (1) can be installed in the well columnar structure that has corresponding to the size of ISO 7736 standards.
8. according to each described inter-vehicle information system in the aforementioned claim, it is characterized in that the conductive component of said housing (1) is installed on the side of the said receive direction that deviates from said antenna (2) of said antenna (2).
9. according to each described inter-vehicle information system in the aforementioned claim, it is characterized in that, comprising: the wireless aerial that is used to receive radio signals (17); And radio module.
10. inter-vehicle information system according to claim 9 is characterized in that, the said antenna (2) that said wireless aerial (17) and being used to receives satellite-based geographic position data is installed in the side respect to one another of said housing (1).
11. according to each described inter-vehicle information system in the aforementioned claim; It is characterized in that; Said inter-vehicle information system is Tachographs, is preferably digital Tachographs and/or expenses of taxation registering instrument that perhaps said inter-vehicle information system comprises Tachographs, preferably includes digital Tachographs and/or expenses of taxation registering instrument.
12. a vehicle comprises that according to each described inter-vehicle information system in the aforementioned claim wherein said inter-vehicle information system is installed in the vehicle drive chamber interior like this, promptly the receive direction of antenna (2) points to said vehicle drive chamber interior.
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